WITHIN THE COLONY.

Pahiatua Herald, Volume II, Issue 226, 12 November 1894, Page 3

WITHIN THE COLONY.

NEWS BY TELEGRAPH. Per Press Association. Auckland, This Day. At the inquest on Probert, a verdict was returned of suicide by hanging while temporarily insane. He left a letter intimating his intention of destroying himself. Hammond, rider of Edna in the Maiden Plate, had 1 1 is log broken in the run off for the City Handicap. The trainer •of I n Godfrey entered a protest against th • winner, which will bo considered on Monday. Meanwhile the totalisator money has been withheld. Christchurch, This Day. It is believed that Professor Kauley, late of Ainberloy, was a passenger in the Wairarapa on her ill-fated and disastrous trip. lie inherited a legacy lately and was returning to Now Zealand. The amount handed to the Mayor for the r* f 1 ■ l ■ I. The profits from the Wairarapa Relief Fund Stakes on Thursday was £137 10s. Morrison’s store at Opawa was burglarised on Friday night and Lll stolen from the till. Two sons of tho lion. L. Walker fell over the cliff'at Goodly Herds on Friday. One had a thigh broken; tin. other escaped with bruises. They wore pluckily rescued by W. Sinclair, who climbed to the t< pof le cliff and swarmed down a rope, whore he bound up th*) broken limb, lashing it to liio sound one, then plum 1 thebov on his hack and chuff i up ib > rope h iud over h .-ml with th Ld on his la o tha c to boat’s crew.